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Charlie Hough

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb

BornJanuary 5, 1948 · Honolulu, HI, USA

MLB debutAugust 12, 1970

Final gameJuly 26, 1994

Seasons25 (1970–1994)

Los Angeles Dodgers 1970–1980; Texas Rangers 1980–1990; Chicago White Sox 1991–1992; Florida Marlins 1993–1994

Percentile snapshot

1993 season — qualified pitchers

60.5

67.4

8.1

5.8

SHO

202

53.5

26.7

126

48.8

40.7

204.3

45.3

ERA

4.27

34.9

WHIP

1.336

47.7

K/9

5.55

48.8

FIP

4.17

FIP-

99.7

ERA+

98.0

31.4

sWAR

1.3

22.1

of 87 qualified 1993 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

106.2

62.3

sWAR

47.4

98.7

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	84.1	84.3	.308	-0.1
1971	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	37	15	14	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	.214	.214	.214	.429	15.0	22.7	.200	1.3
1974	49	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.077	.000	.077	-82.0	-76.4	.059	0.5
1975	38	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	90.4	91.3	.314	1.0
1976	77	21	21	1	6	2	0	4	0	5	.286	.286	.381	.667	88.2	91.8	.307	3.7
1977	70	23	22	1	4	0	1	2	1	2	.182	.217	.318	.536	38.5	43.6	.242	2.1
1978	55	12	12	1	4	1	0	2	0	2	.333	.333	.417	.750	111.6	110.6	.345	1.4
1979	42	43	38	1	6	1	0	2	0	9	.158	.158	.184	.342	-19.1	-5.8	.157	-0.5
1980	35	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	197.4	183.9	.466	0.2
1981	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1982	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1983	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.9
1984	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1985	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1986	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5
1987	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1988	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.7
1989	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
1990	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1991	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1992	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1993	34	70	63	1	2	0	0	1	2	20	.032	.076	.032	.108	-84.7	-70.3	.062	1.3
1994	21	38	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	9	.121	.147	.121	.268	-42.3	-29.3	.129	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1970	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	10	11	8	7	17.0	5.29	1.706	4.24	9.20	238.4	72.9	-0.1
1971	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	4	1	4.3	4.15	1.385	8.31	5.77	176.7	78.6	0.0
1972	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	0	2.7	3.38	1.500	13.50	2.90	86.6	99.3	0.0
1973	37	0	4	2	5	0	0	52	22	45	70	3	71.7	2.76	1.353	8.79	3.28	94.1	126.0	1.3
1974	49	0	9	4	1	0	0	65	40	40	63	12	96.0	3.75	1.094	5.91	4.27	124.1	91.8	0.5
1975	38	0	3	7	4	0	0	43	20	34	34	3	61.0	2.95	1.262	5.02	4.21	122.3	116.5	1.0
1976	77	0	12	8	18	0	0	102	35	77	81	6	142.7	2.21	1.255	5.11	3.85	113.5	153.5	3.7
1977	70	1	6	12	22	0	0	98	47	70	105	10	127.3	3.32	1.319	7.42	3.92	102.2	115.4	2.1
1978	55	0	5	5	7	0	0	69	34	48	66	6	93.3	3.28	1.254	6.36	3.75	106.1	107.8	1.4
1979	42	14	7	5	0	0	0	152	80	66	76	16	151.3	4.76	1.441	4.52	4.53	123.3	77.2	-0.5
1980	35	3	3	5	1	2	1	91	47	58	72	6	93.7	4.52	1.591	6.92	4.07	107.9	84.4	0.2
1981	21	5	4	1	1	2	0	61	27	31	69	4	82.0	2.96	1.122	7.57	2.74	77.6	118.9	1.4
1982	34	34	16	13	0	12	2	217	100	72	128	21	228.0	3.95	1.268	5.05	3.80	97.2	99.2	2.2
1983	34	33	15	13	0	11	3	219	89	95	152	22	252.0	3.18	1.246	5.43	3.92	98.1	125.8	4.9
1984	36	36	16	14	0	17	1	260	111	94	164	26	266.0	3.76	1.331	5.55	3.95	96.3	109.1	3.7
1985	34	34	14	16	0	14	1	198	92	83	141	23	250.3	3.31	1.123	5.07	3.89	92.8	126.6	5.0
1986	33	33	17	10	0	7	2	188	97	89	146	32	230.3	3.79	1.203	5.70	4.61	107.9	112.7	3.5
1987	40	40	18	13	0	13	0	238	120	124	223	36	285.3	3.79	1.269	7.03	4.45	99.4	118.4	5.0
1988	34	34	15	16	0	10	0	202	93	126	174	20	252.0	3.32	1.302	6.21	4.12	101.1	122.5	4.7
1989	30	30	10	13	0	5	1	168	88	95	94	28	182.0	4.35	1.445	4.65	5.48	138.9	90.7	0.9
1990	32	32	12	12	0	5	0	190	99	119	114	24	218.7	4.07	1.413	4.69	4.97	126.7	96.3	1.8
1991	31	29	9	10	0	4	1	167	89	94	107	21	199.3	4.02	1.309	4.83	4.79	118.2	100.8	2.0
1992	27	27	7	12	0	4	0	160	77	66	76	19	176.3	3.93	1.282	3.88	4.57	117.8	98.7	1.6
1993	34	34	9	16	0	0	0	202	97	71	126	20	204.3	4.27	1.336	5.55	4.17	99.7	98.0	1.3
1994	21	21	5	9	0	1	1	118	65	52	65	17	113.7	5.15	1.496	5.15	5.50	128.1	83.5	-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

858

250

226

RBI

.1460

OBP

.1681

SLG

.1770

OPS

.3451

Pitching

G (P)

858

41st-most career G (P)

440

95th-most career GS

216

89th-most career W

216

30th-most career L

298th-most career SV

107

372nd-most career CG

SHO

478th-most career SHO

3,801

51st-most career IP

SO (P)

2,362

53rd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,665

8th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.746

WHIP

1.3016

K/9

5.59

479th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1977-04-24	LAD @ ATL Gameday	1	1	1	0	1	1	4
1978-05-03	LAD @ CHC Gameday	2	1	2	1	0	1	3
1975-09-22	LAD @ SD Gameday	2	1	2	0	0	0	2
1976-05-30	LAD @ CIN Gameday	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
1977-09-28	SF @ LAD Gameday	2	0	2	0	0	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1987-08-18	KC @ TEX Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	5	13	1
1987-07-11	CLE @ TEX Gameday	6.2	5	2	1	5	11	0
1987-07-31	BAL @ TEX Gameday	8.1	10	7	7	2	10	4
1984-06-26	LAA @ TEX Gameday	11.0	11	2	1	1	9	0
1988-06-18	TEX @ ATH Gameday	10.0	5	1	1	5	9	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.